President of China

President of the Federated Provinces of China
中華聯邦國總統
Presidential seal
Presidential standard
Incumbent Lee Tze-min since 20 May 2020
Office of the President
Style	Mr. President (informal) The Honorable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of state Commander-in-chief
Abbreviation	POC
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Residence	West Building, Chungnanhai
Seat	Peking
Appointer	Direct election or via succession
Term length	6 years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of China
Formation	1 January 1912; 112 years ago (Republican era) 1 January 1966; 58 years ago (current form)
First holder	Sun Yat-sen (Republican era) Yen Chia-kan (current form)
Deputy	Vice President
Salary	￥2,000,000 annually
Website	chungnanhai.gov.cn

The president of the Federated Provinces of China, also known as the president of China (POC), is the head of state of the Federated Provinces of China as well as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese National Armed Forces.

Originally elected by the National Assembly, the presidency was intended to be a ceremonial office with no real executive power because the FPC was originally envisioned as a parliamentary republic. However, the power of the presidency has grown substantially since the first president, Yen Chia-kan, took office in 1966. In modern times, the Chinese president is one of the world's most powerful political figures and leader of the nation with the largest economy by nominal GDP.

Since the 1996 election, the president has been directly elected by plurality voting to a six-year term, with incumbents limited to serving two terms. The current president is Lee Tze-min of the National Alliance Party, preceded by Ma Ying-jeou from the National Alliance Party.

List of presidents

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term		Party	Ancestral Home	Vice President	Election
P		Sun Yat-sen 孫中山 (1866–1925)	1 January 1912	1 April 1912	Tongmenghui	Chungshan, Kwangtung	Li Yuan-hung	Provisional (1911)
			91 days
1		Yen Chia-kan 嚴家淦 (1905–1993)	1 January 1966	20 May 1978	Kuomintang	Ningpo, Chekiang	Chou En-lai Vacant after 8 January 1976	Provisional (1966) 1966 1972
			12 years and 139 days
2		Chiang Ching-kuo 蔣經國 (1910–1988)	20 May 1978	13 January 1988	Kuomintang	Ningpo, Chekiang	Hsieh Tung-min Lee Teng-hui Vacant after 13 January 1988	1978 1984
			9 years and 238 days
3		Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 (1923–2020)	13 January 1988	20 May 2002	Kuomintang	New Taipei City, Taiwan	Vacant until 20 May 1990 Lee Yuan-tsu Lien Chan	1990 1996
			14 years and 127 days
4		Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁 (b. 1950)	20 May 2002	20 May 2008	Democratic Progressive	Tainan, Taiwan	Annette Lu	2002
			6 years and 0 days
5		Ma Ying-jeou 馬英九 (b. 1950)	20 May 2008	20 May 2020	Kuomintang	Hengshan County, Hunan	Vincent Siew Wu Den-yih	2008 2014
			12 years and 0 days
6		Lee Tze-min 李責民 (b. 1954)	20 May 2020	Incumbent	National Alliance	Ningpo, Chekiang	Chen Chien-jen	2020